The Gift of a Getaway
By Maria Wolf
After Marci Schankweiler’s first husband, Pete Bossow, was diagnosed with late-stage testicular cancer in 1998, friends wanted to give the couple a chance to get away from treatments and doctors’ appointments. They raised money to send them to the Caribbean for 17 days, an experience Schankweiler describes as “precious.” Read more here.
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